In an international digital coordination meeting with European leaders, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel will contribute to the global effort to curb the virus

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised: "We will invest $ 60 million in an effort to find a vaccine for Corona"

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  Yoav Dodkiewicz

"Israel will invest $ 60 million in international effort to curb corona epidemic," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday at an EU-wide international coordination meeting.

Netanyahu did not elaborate on how the resources would be distributed, but stated that he believed that advanced research in Israel could contribute to the most important task, which was to find a vaccine for Corona. Netanyahu also said in a live broadcast, attended by dozens of leaders who took part in the international digital meeting, that "in Israel the number of the dead is relatively low, but it is clear to everyone that we are only at the beginning."     

Reporter: Dana Pan Luzon // Photo: Gil Kramer // Edit: Sivan Schuster, Eden Barel

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